Conor Grammes and Chris Givin Unanimous Selections to All-BIG EAST First Team
05.22.19 | Baseball
Four Musketeers earn All-BIG EAST Second Team honors
NEW YORK – Following a second-place finish in the BIG EAST regular season, Xavier baseball placed six Musketeers on All-Conference teams, the league office announced Wednesday.
Senior Chris Givin and junior Conor Grammes were both unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Givin earned the honor as the top shortstop in the league, and Grammes was unanimously selected as both a right-handed pitcher, as well as the leagues' top designated hitter.
Four Musketeers also earned second team honors, senior Matt Warkentin at first base, junior Natale Monastra as catcher, freshman Jack Housinger at third and freshman Lane Flamm as a right-handed relief pitcher.
Conor Grammes enters BIG EAST Tournament play with 54 appearances, primarily as designated hitter with a team-high 13 starts on the mound.
At the plate, the junior leads the Musketeers with a .333 average overall and a .387 mark in BIG EAST play. Grammes has collected a team-high matching 70 hits in 54 games, including a team-leading 24 in conference action.
Among those hits are a team-best 13 doubles to go with three triples and six home runs for the team-best slugging percentage of .510. Grammes also has 33 walks on the season, with 15 coming in BIG EAST play, for a team-best on-base percentage of .433 overall and .513 in BIG EAST play.
On the mound, Grammes has a 4.40 ERA, the best mark among Xavier's starters, allowing 30 earned runs on 46 hits in 46.1 innings of work. In BIG EAST play, Grammes as an ERA of 1.55 in 29.0 innings pitched in three appearances.
Grammes has a team-leading 77 strikeouts, including 38 Ks of BIG EAST opponents, including a career-best 16-strikeout performance in a 1-0 walk-off win over Georgetown.
Grammes, who has earned four nominations to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this season, entered 2019 as the Preseason BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year. Grammes has also previously collected the BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player and BIG EAST All-Tournament Team honors as a freshman in 2017.
Chris Givin has collected a team-high matching 70 hits in 54 games going into the BIG EAST Tournament, batting .308 overall and .309 in BIG EAST play. In BIG EAST play, Givin has 21 hit and 32 total bases, both second most on the team in league play.
Givin has 106 total bases on the season one off the team high, including 10 doubles, a team-high four triples and six home runs for a slugging percentage of .467.
At shortstop, Givin has a fielding percentage of .988 on the season, with 82 put outs and 159 assists to just three errors, helping the Musketeers post a .982 fielding percentage as a team, a top-10 mark in NCAA Division I.
Givin was Preseason All-BIG EAST entering the 2019 season, marking his third-straight preseason honor. Givin earned All-BIG EAST Second Team Honors following his sophomore season and was selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team as a sophomore as well.
Matt Warkentin has been the Musketeers' primary first baseman, appearing in 51 games in 2019. Warkentin is batting .272 on the season with 56 hits, including six doubles and a team-high nine home runs for a .432 slugging percentage. Warkentin has collected 37 runs batted in on the season, two off the team high, with 13 coming in conference play. The senior has scored 33 times, also second most on the team.
Warkentin posted a .993 fielding percentage at first base in BIG EAST play, committing just one error in 128 putouts with eight assists.
Natale Monastra has been reliable behind the plate for the Musketeers, with a season fielding percentage of .997, the highest among Xavier's regular players. Monastra has just one error in 47 appearances, and has a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 13 starts in BIG EAST play.
At the plate, Monastra has a .313 average in BIG EAST play and a .247 mark overall. The junior has 40 total hits, with 15 in conference action, including five doubles, three triples and four home runs. All three of Monastra's triples have come against conference opponents.
Jack Housinger has made 51 appearances for the Musketeers, including 46 starts, primarily at third base. The freshman is batting .276 on the season, with 43 hits and a team-high 36 walks for an on-base percentage of .418. Housinger has 11 doubles on the season, with five coming in BIG EAST play.
Housinger has a fielding percentage of .978 with only three errors in his rookie season, with just one of those coming during conference play.
Lane Flamm has emerged as the Musketeers' go-to closer in his freshman season, appearing in 23 games as a reliever. Flamm has an ERA of 2.96 overall and 1.80 in BIG EAST action. Flamm has collected seven saves in 48.2 innings of work this season, with four coming in against conference opponents, and has three wins to his credit.
Flamm has allowed just 16 earned runs to 41 strikeouts overall, with only three runs allowed in 15.0 innings of work in BIG EAST play. Flamm's 15 strikeouts in BIG EAST play are the most among Xavier's relief pitchers.
2019 BIG EAST Regular Season Awards and All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year
Jake Holton, Creighton, Jr., 1B
Pitcher of the Year
Mitch Ragan, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Freshman of the Year
Nick Lorusso, Villanova, Fr., RHP/3B
Coaching Staff of the Year
Creighton, Head Coach Ed Servais
2019 All-BIG EAST First Team
Connor Schultz, Butler, So., RHP
Mitch Ragan, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Joe LaSorsa, St. John's, Jr., LHP
^ Conor Grammes, Xavier, Jr., RHP/DH
Gavin Hollowell, St. John's, Jr., RHP (RP)
^Jake Holton, Creighton, Jr., 1B
Isaac Collins, Creighton, Jr., 2B
^ Chris Givin, Xavier, Sr., SS
Eddie McCabe, Georgetown, So., 3B
^ Wyatt Mascarella, St. John's, Sr., C
Harrison Freed, Butler, Jr., OF
^ Mike Antico, St. John's, Jr., OF
Tyler Schedler-McAvoy, Seton Hall, Jr., OF
2019 All-BIG EAST Second Team #
(listed alphabetically by school)
Denson Hull, Creighton, Sr., LHP
Evan Johnson, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Will Robertson, Creighton, Jr., OF
Jared Wegner, Creighton, Fr., DH
Jeremiah Burke, Georgetown, Jr., RHP
Jack Cushing, Georgetown, Sr., RHP
Kyle Ruedisili, Georgetown, Grad., OF
Ryan Weisenberg, Georgetown, Sr., 2B
Ricky DeVito, Seton Hall, Jr., RHP
Matt Toke, Seton Hall, Jr., 1B
Nick Lorusso, Villanova, Fr., RHP/3B
Jack Housinger, Xavier, Fr., 3B
Lane Flamm, Xavier, Fr., RHP (RP)
Natale Monstra, Xavier, Jr., C
Matt Warkentin, Xavier, Sr., 1B
^ - denotes unanimous first team selection
# - there is a 15-member second team due to a tie in voting
Senior Chris Givin and junior Conor Grammes were both unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Givin earned the honor as the top shortstop in the league, and Grammes was unanimously selected as both a right-handed pitcher, as well as the leagues' top designated hitter.
Four Musketeers also earned second team honors, senior Matt Warkentin at first base, junior Natale Monastra as catcher, freshman Jack Housinger at third and freshman Lane Flamm as a right-handed relief pitcher.
Conor Grammes enters BIG EAST Tournament play with 54 appearances, primarily as designated hitter with a team-high 13 starts on the mound.
At the plate, the junior leads the Musketeers with a .333 average overall and a .387 mark in BIG EAST play. Grammes has collected a team-high matching 70 hits in 54 games, including a team-leading 24 in conference action.
Among those hits are a team-best 13 doubles to go with three triples and six home runs for the team-best slugging percentage of .510. Grammes also has 33 walks on the season, with 15 coming in BIG EAST play, for a team-best on-base percentage of .433 overall and .513 in BIG EAST play.
On the mound, Grammes has a 4.40 ERA, the best mark among Xavier's starters, allowing 30 earned runs on 46 hits in 46.1 innings of work. In BIG EAST play, Grammes as an ERA of 1.55 in 29.0 innings pitched in three appearances.
Grammes has a team-leading 77 strikeouts, including 38 Ks of BIG EAST opponents, including a career-best 16-strikeout performance in a 1-0 walk-off win over Georgetown.
Grammes, who has earned four nominations to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this season, entered 2019 as the Preseason BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year. Grammes has also previously collected the BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player and BIG EAST All-Tournament Team honors as a freshman in 2017.
Chris Givin has collected a team-high matching 70 hits in 54 games going into the BIG EAST Tournament, batting .308 overall and .309 in BIG EAST play. In BIG EAST play, Givin has 21 hit and 32 total bases, both second most on the team in league play.
Givin has 106 total bases on the season one off the team high, including 10 doubles, a team-high four triples and six home runs for a slugging percentage of .467.
At shortstop, Givin has a fielding percentage of .988 on the season, with 82 put outs and 159 assists to just three errors, helping the Musketeers post a .982 fielding percentage as a team, a top-10 mark in NCAA Division I.
Givin was Preseason All-BIG EAST entering the 2019 season, marking his third-straight preseason honor. Givin earned All-BIG EAST Second Team Honors following his sophomore season and was selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team as a sophomore as well.
Matt Warkentin has been the Musketeers' primary first baseman, appearing in 51 games in 2019. Warkentin is batting .272 on the season with 56 hits, including six doubles and a team-high nine home runs for a .432 slugging percentage. Warkentin has collected 37 runs batted in on the season, two off the team high, with 13 coming in conference play. The senior has scored 33 times, also second most on the team.
Warkentin posted a .993 fielding percentage at first base in BIG EAST play, committing just one error in 128 putouts with eight assists.
Natale Monastra has been reliable behind the plate for the Musketeers, with a season fielding percentage of .997, the highest among Xavier's regular players. Monastra has just one error in 47 appearances, and has a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 13 starts in BIG EAST play.
At the plate, Monastra has a .313 average in BIG EAST play and a .247 mark overall. The junior has 40 total hits, with 15 in conference action, including five doubles, three triples and four home runs. All three of Monastra's triples have come against conference opponents.
Jack Housinger has made 51 appearances for the Musketeers, including 46 starts, primarily at third base. The freshman is batting .276 on the season, with 43 hits and a team-high 36 walks for an on-base percentage of .418. Housinger has 11 doubles on the season, with five coming in BIG EAST play.
Housinger has a fielding percentage of .978 with only three errors in his rookie season, with just one of those coming during conference play.
Lane Flamm has emerged as the Musketeers' go-to closer in his freshman season, appearing in 23 games as a reliever. Flamm has an ERA of 2.96 overall and 1.80 in BIG EAST action. Flamm has collected seven saves in 48.2 innings of work this season, with four coming in against conference opponents, and has three wins to his credit.
Flamm has allowed just 16 earned runs to 41 strikeouts overall, with only three runs allowed in 15.0 innings of work in BIG EAST play. Flamm's 15 strikeouts in BIG EAST play are the most among Xavier's relief pitchers.
2019 BIG EAST Regular Season Awards and All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year
Jake Holton, Creighton, Jr., 1B
Pitcher of the Year
Mitch Ragan, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Freshman of the Year
Nick Lorusso, Villanova, Fr., RHP/3B
Coaching Staff of the Year
Creighton, Head Coach Ed Servais
2019 All-BIG EAST First Team
Connor Schultz, Butler, So., RHP
Mitch Ragan, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Joe LaSorsa, St. John's, Jr., LHP
^ Conor Grammes, Xavier, Jr., RHP/DH
Gavin Hollowell, St. John's, Jr., RHP (RP)
^Jake Holton, Creighton, Jr., 1B
Isaac Collins, Creighton, Jr., 2B
^ Chris Givin, Xavier, Sr., SS
Eddie McCabe, Georgetown, So., 3B
^ Wyatt Mascarella, St. John's, Sr., C
Harrison Freed, Butler, Jr., OF
^ Mike Antico, St. John's, Jr., OF
Tyler Schedler-McAvoy, Seton Hall, Jr., OF
2019 All-BIG EAST Second Team #
(listed alphabetically by school)
Denson Hull, Creighton, Sr., LHP
Evan Johnson, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Will Robertson, Creighton, Jr., OF
Jared Wegner, Creighton, Fr., DH
Jeremiah Burke, Georgetown, Jr., RHP
Jack Cushing, Georgetown, Sr., RHP
Kyle Ruedisili, Georgetown, Grad., OF
Ryan Weisenberg, Georgetown, Sr., 2B
Ricky DeVito, Seton Hall, Jr., RHP
Matt Toke, Seton Hall, Jr., 1B
Nick Lorusso, Villanova, Fr., RHP/3B
Jack Housinger, Xavier, Fr., 3B
Lane Flamm, Xavier, Fr., RHP (RP)
Natale Monstra, Xavier, Jr., C
Matt Warkentin, Xavier, Sr., 1B
^ - denotes unanimous first team selection
# - there is a 15-member second team due to a tie in voting
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